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[Karbala]

Umm Salama says: I saw Husayn (a) sitting in the lap of his grandfather, the
Prophet (s), who had a red block of soil in his hand. The Prophet (s) was


kissing the dust and weeping. I asked him what that soil was. The Prophet


(s) said: "Gabriel has informed me that my son, this Husayn, will be


murdered in Iraq. He has brought this earth for me from that land. I am


weeping for the suffering that will befall my Husayn." Then the Prophet (s)


handed the dust to Umm Salama and said to her: "When you see this soil


turn into blood, you will know that my Husayn has been slaughtered." Umm


Salama kept the soil in a bottle and kept watch over it until she saw on the


day of Ashura, 10th of Muharram 61 A.H., that it turned to blood. Then she


knew that Husayn bin Ali (a) had been martyred.


[al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, vol. 4, p. 398]


[al-Dhahabi, Siyar a`lam al-nubala', vol. 3, p. 194]


[ibn Kathir, al-Bidayah wa'l-nihayah, vol. 6, p. 230]


[al-Suyuti, Khasa'is al-kubra, vol. 2, p. 450; Jam` al-Jawami, vol. 1, p. 26]


[ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Tahdhib al-tahdhib , vol. 2, p. 346]

Granted I have copied and pasted this from another website. But I really do not have time to find the originals.


Note the Prophet(Saw) kissed the dust from Karbala.